Links To Important Websites

National Associations and Organizations 

• American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC)
• American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA)
• American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)
• American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
• American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the AHA (ASHE)
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
• Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
• Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (APPA)
• ATF Fire Research Laboratory (ATF)
• Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA)
• Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (US) (BLS)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP)
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Factory Mutual (FM) Global (FM)
• Fire Apparatus Manufacturers Association (FAMA)
• Fire Equipment Manufacturer's Association, Inc. (FEMA) (FEMA)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (US) (FEMA)
• Fire Protection Association Australia (FPAA)
• Food and Drug Administration (US) (FDA)
• G-P Gypsum Corporation
• Gypsum Association
• American Society of Interior Designs (ASID)
• International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
• International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials (IAPMO)
• International Code Council (ICC)
• International Code Council - Evaluation Services (ICC)
• International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
• International Firestop Council
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHCO)  
• National Archives and Records Administration, Code of Federal Regulations
  …This web site lists the Codes of Federal Regulations,(OSHA regs. are 29CFR1910).
• National Association For Women In Construction (NAWIC)
• National Association Of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP)
• National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors (NAFED)
  …This web site has a comprehensive list of FPE related web sites including international sites.
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA)
• National Gypsum Company (NGC)
• National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (US) (OSHA)
• Precast/Prestressed Concrete, International (PCI)
• Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
• Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
• Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)
• Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)
• Underwriters Laboratories, Inc (UL)
• United States Access Board (Access Board)
• U.S. Department of Energy - Building Energy Codes Program
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  . . . .Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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• University of Maryland - Dept. of Fire Protection Engineering
• U.S. Fuel Cell Council
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Center for Fire Safety Studies